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WORK

From the beginning of the industrial age, issues surrounding work relations and the ‘worker question’ have been seen by the Catholic Church as the key to a just society.

Discerning Britain’s smoke and fire
Andrew Hamilton for Eureka Street August 11, 2011

It's what happens when it's the school holidays and the kids are bored,' quipped one British Jesuit. 'Bit of heavy rain would put a stop to it.' His minimalist explanation rightly questions the apocalyptic theories that are being erected on the behaviour of excitable young people.

Religious Items made by Slaves?
A Christian Goods Standard has been established after it was discovered that some Christian merchandise is made under exploitative conditions.

“While work, in all its many senses, is an obligation, that is to say a duty, it is also a source of rights on the part of the worker … The human rights that flow from work are part of the broader context of those fundamental rights of the person.”

Pope John Paul II, Laborem Exercens, n 16.

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